THIS REPORT by The Conference Board provides an overview of the "Top 10 Challenges" cited by 658 CEO respondents to this year's CEO Challenge 2006 Survey, with attention to points of convergence and departure across region, industry, and company size.

The Conference Board also conducted in-depth interviews with CEOs from multinational companies, representing diverse industries, about the headlines that dominated the previous year's business press. Detailed results of the interviews, along with additional survey data and further analysis of survey respondents' top priorities, are presented in the full Research Report CEO Challenge 2006 Analysis and Perspectives to be published later this year.

All findings and data in this report register the collective experience of survey participants and reflect the overall results of the study, not necessarily the views of individual companies or CEOs, unless otherwise specifically indicated.